Another view: Court ruling threatens viability of ACA

7:09 PM,
Aug. 5, 2014

Affordable Care Act

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Asbury Park Press, N.J.

A critical element of ObamaCare is the use of government subsidies to provide affordable coverage to lower-income Americans who were unable to obtain health insurance in the past. That's a particularly important aspect of the law considering the mandate that all Americans be insured.

Now, however, a court ruling suggests that the law was intended to provide subsidies only through state exchanges, and that residents in states that opted to use the federal exchanges - such as Indiana and New Jersey - are not eligible.

If that ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals holds up through an ...